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As pointed out in the comments section, the chart does not account for years of life lost, simply numbers of lives. I'd be interested with whether the ex-post e
by mbroshi 9y ago
As pointed out in the comments section, the chart does not account for years of life lost, simply numbers of lives. I'd be interested with whether the ex-post explanation still applies if we did a simple transformation like weighted each category by average age of death. Suicide, homicide and drugs skew a lot younger than heart disease.
- emodendroket 9y agoThat's a great point. An elderly man dying of heart disease may be sad, but not tragic in the way a 20-year-old overdosing on heroin is.